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Test no. 1370
The Ashes - 2nd Test
England v Australia
1997 season

Played at Lord's, London, on 19,20,21,22,23 June 1997 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Butcher c Blewett b McGrath 5 27 26 1 0 19.23
captain MA Atherton c Taylor b McGrath 1 37 24 0 0 4.16
wicketkeeper AJ Stewart b McGrath 1 19 13 0 0 7.69
N Hussain lbw b McGrath 19 108 73 2 0 26.02
GP Thorpe c Blewett b Reiffel 21 60 49 4 0 42.85
JP Crawley c wicketkeeperHealy b McGrath 1 22 17 0 0 5.88
MA Ealham c Elliott b Reiffel 7 51 30 1 0 23.33
RDB Croft c wicketkeeperHealy b McGrath 2 18 13 0 0 15.38
D Gough c wicketkeeperHealy b McGrath 10 12 10 2 0 100.00
AR Caddick lbw b McGrath 1 8 5 0 0 20.00
DE Malcolm not out 0 3 0 0 0 -
    Extras (b 4, nb 5) 9
    Total (all out; 42.3 overs) 77 (1.81 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-11 (Butcher), 2-12 (Atherton), 3-13 (Stewart), 4-47 (Thorpe), 5-56 (Crawley), 6-62 (Hussain), 7-66 (Croft), 8-76 (Gough), 9-77 (Ealham), 10-77 (Caddick)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 GD McGrath 20.3 8 38 8 1.85
 PR Reiffel 15 9 17 2 1.13 (3nb)
 MS Kasprowicz 5 1 9 0 1.80 (2nb)
 SK Warne 2 0 9 0 4.50

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
captain MA Taylor b Gough 1 16 15 0 0 6.66
MTG Elliott c Crawley b Caddick 112 240 180 20 0 62.22
GS Blewett c Hussain b Croft 45 83 70 7 0 64.28
ME Waugh c Malcolm b Caddick 33 82 60 1 0 55.00
SK Warne c Hussain b Gough 0 5 4 0 0 0.00
SR Waugh lbw b Caddick 0 3 1 0 0 0.00
MG Bevan c wicketkeeperStewart b Caddick 4 8 7 1 0 57.14
wicketkeeper IA Healy not out 13 44 23 2 0 56.52
PR Reiffel not out 1 6 6 0 0 16.66
    Extras (b 1, lb 3) 4
    Total (7 wickets dec; 61 overs) 213 (3.49 runs per over)

Did not bat MS Kasprowicz, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets1-4 (Taylor), 2-73 (Blewett), 3-147 (ME Waugh), 4-147 (Warne), 5-147 (SR Waugh), 6-159 (Bevan), 7-212 (Elliott)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 D Gough 20 4 82 2 4.10
 AR Caddick 22 6 71 4 3.22
 DE Malcolm 7 1 26 0 3.71
 RDB Croft 12 5 30 1 2.50

England 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Butcher b Warne 87 266 210 14 0 41.42
captain MA Atherton hit wicket b Kasprowicz 77 220 159 10 0 48.42
wicketkeeper AJ Stewart c Kasprowicz b McGrath 13 29 24 2 0 54.16
N Hussain c & b Warne 0 5 5 0 0 0.00
GP Thorpe not out 30 61 39 4 0 76.92
JP Crawley not out 29 51 45 4 0 64.44
    Extras (b 8, lb 14, w 1, nb 7) 30
    Total (4 wickets dec; 79 overs) 266 (3.36 runs per over)

Did not bat MA Ealham, RDB Croft, D Gough, AR Caddick, DE Malcolm

Fall of wickets1-162 (Atherton), 2-189 (Stewart), 3-197 (Hussain), 4-202 (Butcher)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 GD McGrath 20 5 65 1 3.25 (2nb)
 PR Reiffel 13 5 29 0 2.23 (2nb)
 MS Kasprowicz 15 3 54 1 3.60 (4nb)
 SK Warne 19 4 47 2 2.47 (1w)
 MG Bevan 8 1 29 0 3.62
 SR Waugh 4 0 20 0 5.00

Toss Australia, who chose to field first
Series England led the 6-match series 1-0

Player of the match GD McGrath (Australia)

Umpires DR Shepherd and S Venkataraghavan (India)
TV umpire DJ Constant
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Close of play
19 Jun day 1 - no play
20 Jun day 2 - England 1st innings 38/3 (N Hussain 10*, GP Thorpe 13*)
21 Jun day 3 - Australia 1st innings 131/2 (MTG Elliott 55*, ME Waugh 26*)
22 Jun day 4 - Australia 1st innings 213/7 (IA Healy 13*, PR Reiffel 1*)
23 Jun day 5 - England 2nd innings 266/4d (79 ov) - end of match

Match notes

  • Day 1:
  • No Play was possible due to rain.
  • Day 2:
  • Rain stopped play after 21 overs. England 38/3 (Hussain 10*, Thorpe 13*).
  • England's total of 77 is their lowest at Lord's since 1888, their lowest against Australia since 1948, and their lowest in any Test innings since 1993-94.
  • GD McGrath 8-38:
  • * His personal best bowling in Test and first-class cricket;
  • * The 23rd best individual bowling by any player in Test cricket;
  • * The 3rd best innings performance by an Australian in a Test. (Best since Arthur Mailey took 9-121 v England at Melbourne, 1920-21);
  • * The best individual bowling by an Australian in an innings at Lord's (previously 8-53 by Bob Massie, 1972);
  • * The best individual bowling for either side in an Ashes Test at Lord's (previously Hedley Verity, 1934);
  • * The second-best bowling in an innings of a Lord's Test (best 8-34 by Ian Botham v Pakistan, 1978).
  • Australia 1st Innings: Crawley kept wicket while Stewart was off the field at the start of the innings (back spasms).

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